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for all intensive purposesFor all highly demanding purposes.Rate it:

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franchir le Rubiconto cross the RubiconRate it:

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get acrossTo cross; to move from one side to the other, literally or figuratively.Rate it:

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get overcross, surmountRate it:

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Get Your GoatTo annoy someone or make him get cross badly, to arouse anger in someoneRate it:

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give backTo contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.Rate it:

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Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitisHercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice.Rate it:

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hot cross bunsgood friday cakesRate it:

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il a l'esprit de traversHe has an awkward temper; He does not see things as they are; He is cross-grained.Rate it:

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il est d'une humeur massacranteHe is as cross as two sticks.Rate it:

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lose one's temperTo be explosively angry. To get very cross.Rate it:

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mad moneyA sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.Rate it:

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make one's markTo sign (a document) by making a cross or other mark.Rate it:

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mettez les points sur les iBe precise, clear (in speaking or writing); Cross your t’s and dot your i’s.Rate it:

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mettre sur la selletteTo cross-question; To haul over the coals (fam.).Rate it:

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near postThe goalpost nearest from where a cross is made.Rate it:

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open-door policyA governmental policy of encouraging immigration or of permitting increased access by foreigners for purposes of tourism, trade, investment, etc.Rate it:

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overleapTo leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.Rate it:

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passer le Rubiconto cross the RubiconRate it:

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pedem limine efferreto cross the threshold.Rate it:

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personal capitalFinancial resources or other wealth belonging to a particular person, especially when used for investment purposes.Rate it:

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pick outto send a long pass or cross to.Rate it:

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pick upTo meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation, sometimes used with "on".Rate it:

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rule outTo cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.Rate it:

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run acrossTo cross by running.Rate it:

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run overTo cross by running.Rate it:

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score offTo delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum (both always in the sing.)to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines.Rate it:

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talk pastTo talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.Rate it:

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to all intents and purposesFor every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.Rate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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younger brotherUsed other than as an idiom: see younger, brother. (This entry is here for translation purposes only.)Rate it:

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younger sisterUsed other than as an idiom: see younger, sister. (This entry is here for translation purposes only.)Rate it:

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